63.095 Elbow-striped Grass-veneer Agriphila geniculea (Haworth, 1811)
Family
Crambidae: Crambinae.
Status
Resident. Local.
Flight period
VC72
No records.
VC73
First was found at Rockcliffe in early August 1992.
Other sites: Auchenshore on Auchencairn Bay, Barcloy Hill, Bennan Hill near Mossdale, Kippford, Knockman Wood, Mersehead RSPB, Mullock Bay, Old Torr.
VC74
First for Dumfries & Galloway was found near Monreith during July 1899 by K. J. Morton, specimen now at National Museums of Scotland.
Other sites: Barcloy Hill, Barsalloch Point, Cairn Head, Cardryne near Drummore, Logan Botanical Gardens, Stein Head, Torrs Warren.
Life cycle
Larval foodplants
Identification
The strongly elbowed cross-line should separate from A. inquinatella.
Habitat Recorders' notes | © Keith Naylor, Mersehead RSPB, 22 July 2005 Distribution map displays records from the National Biodiversity Network (See terms and conditions). The following datasets are included:
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